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[Shannon]

Now I am reading these

Zero Day by David Baldacci
The Collector by Nora Roberts *On Page 121
The Lovers by John Connolly

[Andrea]

Happy New Year! I just started "Before I Go to Sleep" by S. J. Watson.

[Rhian]

Andrea thats a really great story

[Lorraine]

Started Stephen Booth this morning,i like stephen booth but he does tend to jump around with characters making it quite hard to follow.

[Marliese]

Have just become hooked on Alan Gordon's "Jester" series, set in 1204 (yes, they're murder mysteries). Noticed almost no discussion on this or other sites.

Also wondering whether anyone else is a fan of I.J.Parker's Akitada series? The latest is probably one of her best. Also, for those of you looking for a German setting, try I.J.Parker's The Left Handed God (or the Left Hand of God - may have the exact title screwed up....loved it. Wish she would write more in this setting. If anyone else has read it, would enjoy your comments.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Marliese wrote: "Have just become hooked on Alan Gordon's "Jester" series, set in 1204 (yes, they're murder mysteries). Noticed almost no discussion on this or other sites.

Also wondering whether anyone else is a..."

I read IJ Parker's books a long time ago. They were fun.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Barbara wrote: "I finished The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates, a pseudo-historical, mystery, horror novel about the "Crosswicks Curse" that afflicted ..."

That sounds good.

[Nancy]

I have just finished Game by A.C. Efverman and I gave it 5 stars - I enjoyed getting to know the troubled main character Morgan and it was interesting to follow the police investigation so closely. There was an unusual unexpected twist at the end...

Am now staying up late reading The Beach by Alex Garland - because I'm really getting into the story, although I really dislike the main character

[Lorna]

I have just finished The Sisters by Claire Douglas (Brilliant gave it 5 stars) and I'm just about to start Follow You Home by Mark Edwards who is fast becoming a favourite author of mine!

[Rhian]

I loved the beach Nancy

[Katie]

Currently reading 11/22/63

So far, so good :)

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I have finished Vertigo, the book from which the Hitchcock film was adapted. It is dark, claustrophobic, extremely well written, with an ending that is perfect. Oh my god.

[Jim]

I'm working my way through Agatha Christie's bibliography (both those books new to me and those I've read before), so I started the year with Lord Edgware Dies. After that one, I moved on to Joseph Kanon's Alibi. No complaints so far!

[Nancy]

Rhian wrote: "I loved the beach Nancy"

The story really takes you there doesn't it?

[Esther]

Jim wrote: "I'm working my way through Agatha Christie's bibliography (both those books new to me and those I've read before), so I started the year with Lord Edgware Dies. After that one, I move..."

I am doing a chronology of Agatha Christie starting this year. I read most of her books when I was a teenager but that was a long time ago.

[Jim]

Esther wrote: "I am doing a chronology of Agatha Christie starting this year. I read most of her books when I was a teenager but that was a long time ago. "

I've probably read half of them in random order over the course of four decades or so; this time I'm following the published chronology, per Wikipedia. It's always interesting to see how an author's style evolves over time, which is just one reason why I try not to read series work out of order!

[Esther]

Jim wrote: "Esther wrote: "I am doing a chronology of Agatha Christie starting this year. I read most of her books when I was a teenager but that was a long time ago. "

I've probably read half of them in rand..."

That is exactly while I am doing the chronology.
Also I hope to complete my collection, buy about half a dozen I don't have and replace the old paperbacks that are about to collapse.

[Rhian]

I finished Dust by hugh howey last night and I have to say they are now my favourite books ever

[Theweebarrell]

just started The Mourner by Susan Wilkins

[Olivia "So many books--so little time.""]

Right now I'm reading East of the Arch by Robert J. Randisi. The protagonist, Keough, is trying to solve some serial killings in southern Illinois across the Mississippi from St. Louis. So far this book has been very good.

[Audiothing]

Rick Mofina
Audiobook narrated by Christian Rummel

Several chapters in, good writing and great narration

[Nancy]

Finished The Beach and gave it 4 stars - I enjoyed the story, it was very different to any other book I've read, in that I couldn't sympathise with the main character....but the story pulled me in and it was exciting, sad and tragic all at once.

Now on to read something by Swedish crime author Anna Jansson, because her books were recommended to me by another Swedish author!

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Finished The Beach and gave it 4 stars - I enjoyed the story, it was very different to any other book I've read, in that I couldn't sympathise with the mai..."

How does it compare with the movie?

[Andrea]

A Hitchcock adaptation? I have to read it then. Thanks.

[Bill]

Just about to start my first Georgette Heyer, Unfinished Clue

[Clare]

Well, these two books aren't exactly in this group's genre :) but I'm currently reading The America We Deserve (by Donald Trump) and Return of the King (by J.R.R. Tolkien). My tastes in books are very esoteric: give me a book, and I will (usually) read it!!

[Janeandjerry]

Just finished and if you haven't read it I would recommend it on anyone's list. I'm

[Tom S]

I am reading The Alienist right now. It has been on my TBR list for a long time.

[Rhian]

Now reading Cold cold heart by Tami Hoag

[Nancy]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished The Beach and gave it 4 stars - I enjoyed the story, it was very different to any other book I've read, in that I couldn't sympathis..."

I haven't seen the movie, but the book was very descriptive and I should imagine it would make a good film. Wasn't Leonardo DiCaprio the main character? That's how I kept picturing him as.

[Nancy]

I am now reading Killer's Island by Anna Jansson - so far so good as far as the story goes, but language wise the writing is a bit stiff for me.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Just started Recalled to death after finishing 183 Times a Year . My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

I finished Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling).

In this third book in the series Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott pursue a vicious killer who has an elaborate plan to ruin Strike's life - in part by sending body parts of murdered young women to Robin. Good mystery with some flaws. 3.5 stars.

My complete review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bill]

Finished The Walkers of Dembley, the 4th Agatha Raisin mystery, this morning. A nice, easy, entertaining cozy mystery. Not sure what I'll pick out next, still have a couple of books on the go.

[Zoe]

I am also currently reading tonight I said goodbye by Michael koryta

[Barbara]

The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine. . By. Alexander McCall Smith

[Olivia "So many books--so little time.""]

Currently I'm reading Ark Storm: A Novel by Linda Davies. So far it has been a page-turner. I just finished Harmful Intent by Baine Kerr. I really liked it--I gave it four stars.

[Janeandjerry]

Just finished and currently reading then will read her last book

[Sean]

When the Rousseau family are found dead in their suburban Philadelphia home – and Mrs Rousseau is minus her face – homicide cop Kevin Byrne, no stranger to horror, is appalled. There are no obvious clues, no prints, no forensics, and no motive. Only when crime scene techs examine the house do they find that Mrs Rousseau’s birth certificate is gone.

Days later, the murderers – Byrne is certain there must be at least two of them – strike once more, and this time the victim is an elderly man. Again, his face is sliced off. Again, his birth certificate is missing. When Byrne eventually finds a neighbour who may have seen something on the night of Edwin Channing’s death, he is perturbed and puzzled to hear that the witness saw a woman in white in Channing’s garden, and he’s convinced that he heard her singing.

In Jessica Balzano and Kevin Byrne this author has created two excellent characters who appear in a number of his crime fiction novels. Jessica has moved from the police department to the District Attorney's office , but they still end up partners in this novel and act very much as they always have done.

The downside to this story for me was the immensely complex historical background involving the various generations of Farren thugs and drunks, the names to remember, the characters and plots.

In the end, I began to lose interest in who was whose father, brother or son. The plot twists and narrative conjuring tricks continued to the penultimate page, and while it was all clever stuff, I felt it was just a little too much to take in. And the enigmatic title of the book? It refers to the photographs Billy uses in an attempt to circumvent his face blindness, and also the macabre way he records his misdeeds.

So as mentioned a little heavy in plot, character names and history, but two great main characters, especially Byrne.

Overall a three star book for me, just lacked the pace and action of my regular authors I read, like Tom Wood, Mark Dawson, David Baldacci and Simon Kernick.

With thanks from Net Galley, the publishers and the author for an advanced copy, and apologies for delay.

[Zoe]

am currently reading Memorandom by Anders De La Motte and wow very intense so far and loving his slow but pacy style am also reading the English monster by Lloyd Shepherd so far both books quite different in feel and time but both are soooo good. I have also finished reading Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta, it was so so good but wont be reading any of his any time soon

[Stephanie Hutabarat]

I just finished reading "A Death in Sweden" by Kevin Wignall. It is interesting story actually,but the way the author write is sometimes confused me,such as too many names on it so i must backward my reading to know who the person is.

[Zoe]

Stephanie wrote: "I just finished reading "A Death in Sweden" by Kevin Wignall. It is interesting story actually,but the way the author write is sometimes confused me,such as too many names on it so i must backward ..."
I have seen this on Kindle would you recommend me to read it or not?

[Judy]

Just finished The White Road by John Connolly which was very dark. I immediately jumped into the shallow end of the pool and read A Decent Interval by Simon Brett, the perfect tonic to rebalance my mood. I'm now reading Descent by Kristina Stanley.

[Barbara]

I finished Pest Control by Bill Fitzhugh. A comic thriller about a bug exterminator who's mistaken for an assassin. Fun book (and very informative about roach killing assassin bugs). 3.5 stars.

My complete review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

I finished The Whisperers by John Connolly. Private Detective Charlie Parker investigates Iraq war veterans who're smuggling things into Maine....but the goodies harbor evil spirits. 3 stars for me.

My complete reveiw:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tom]

I'm well on my way to meeting my goal of 100 books this year. I just finished my first book, John Connolly's The Black Angel. It's very different from the previous books in the series. My review is here.

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by Sean (new) Jan 01, 2016 09:31AM
The Survivor (Mitch Rapp #14) by Kyle Mills

Firstly thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and the author Kyle Mills for an advanced copy for an honest review. Apologies for the delay, and my book reading list keeps growing.

Firstly I was a great fan of Mitch Rapp and the author Vince Flynn, and this is my first Kyle Mills book, and great to read another Mitch Rapp, although I know I have missed a few books in between, but the author Kyle Mills seems to me to have filled into Vince Flynn boots very well !

If you have not read Kyle Mills Mark Beamon books, you should. I assume you already read Brad Thor. You might also like Jeff Abbott's Sam Capra series. I just got his latest release The First Order and it's starting out well.

For those who like cozy style mysteries, give Ellie Ashe a try. SHe's got 3 books out so far, I read them all as ebooks, Dropping the Dime, Chasing the Dollar, and Lucky Penny.

Just finished Copy Cap Murder

It was so-so. I knew how it would end, but McKinley's writing was good and I kind of like the characters. Not a huge fan of the cozy genre.

[Yvonne]

I finished The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø --I really enjoyed this one. It's the fifth Harry Hole mystery series about the alcoholic detective from Oslo. This does have to be read in order as this was the end of the trilogy that started with the third book

I also just finished -- a lot of the reviewers have made a big deal of the fact that this is written under a pen name for Richard Price. I was unfamiliar with him.

It's a good, solid police procedural about some open cases called the Whites because they're like the White Whale of cases where they know the murderer's identity but can't put him away. When someone starts coming up with a permanent solution, the lead character Billy Graves is faced with a moral dilemma.

This one involves a large cast of characters.

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting A Perfect Evil

[Tom]

I just finished Cormac McCarthy's first book The Orchard Keeper. My review is here.